Faculty at School of Management and Entrepreneurship

Ankit Singhal

Ankit Singhal

Assistant Professor

Management & Entrepreneurship


Contact Information

Family Businesses, Mergers & Acquisitions, Initial Public Offerings (IPOs).

Ph.D. – Shiv Nadar University

M.B.A. – Panjab University

B.A. (Hons.) Mathematics – University of Delhi

IFMR Graduate School of Business – Dec 1, 2021 – July 4, 2025. Prior to this, he has taught in a private management college for a couple of years.

Best Doctoral Paper at Indian Academy of Management (INDAM) organised by IIM Rohtak, 2021

Ajmal, T. K., Singhal, A., Kumar, V., & Atawnah, N. (2025). Family firms and tax avoidance preferences: Evidence from India. Emerging Markets Review, 101410.  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1566014125001591 (ABDC A, Scopus Q1)

Singhal, A., Kalra, S., & Vishwanatha, S. R. (2025). The role of anchor investors in initial public offerings. International Review of Finance, 25(3), e70040.  https://doi.org/10.1111/irfi.70040 (ABDC – A)

Sharma, A., Singhal, A., & Ramanna, V. S. (2024). The effect of lead institutional investors on investment and capital structure of young firms: Evidence from Indian IPOs. International Review of Financial Analysis, 91, 102996. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2023.102996  (ABDC - A)

Sharma, A., Singhal, A. (2021). Are SME IPOs Less Underpriced? Evidence from India? Empirical Economics Letters, 20, 5(2) (ABDC - C)

International

  1. Vietnam Symposium in Entrepreneurship, Finance & Innovation, 2024
  2. British Academy of Management Conference, Nottingham Trent University, 2024
  3. World Finance Conference, European University of Cyprus, 2024
  4. Academy of International Businesss (AIB UK&I), University of Glasgow, 2023
  5. 7th International Young Finance Scholar’s Conference, Peking University HSBC School, 2021
  6. Allied Social Science Association (ASSA) Meetings, 2021

Domestic

  1. Indian Academy of Management (INDAM), IIM Rohtak, 2022
  2. Strategic Management Forum (SMF), IIM Nagpur, 2021
  3. Indian Finance Conference (IFC), IIM Bangalore, 2021
  4. Capital Markets Conference, NISM Mumbai, 2021
  5. Emerging Markets Finance Conference, IGIDR Mumbai, 2020
  6. PhD Consortium, IIT Bombay, 2020
  7. 7th PAN IIM World Management Conference 2019

Consultant at Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)   Feb 2025 – Ongoing

Project: Banking in South Asia - Bad Loans Management, Digital Ecosystem, and Sustainable Governance